Since former U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sen. JD Vance as his running mate in the 2024 presidential campaign, the senator from Ohio has been surrounded by rumors. We've fact-checked claims that range from whether Vance appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as a teenager (false) to whether the senator had a middle-class upbringing in suburban Ohio (mixture).
Some of these claims include statements that Vance purportedly made in interviews, like whether he once said parents should have a bigger say in U.S. democracy than non-parents (correct attribution). Some were created entirely on social media platforms, like the rumor that Vance said in his 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" that he had sex with couch cushions (false). Regardless of the source, we've fact-checked the hottest claims that have surrounded Vance — and will continue to in the lead-up to the election. Be sure to check back here regularly. We'll keep this collection updated whenever we publish a new article about the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
